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The poem "O Captain, My Captain" is a long metaphor. In this metaphor, who is the "Captain" Whitman refers to throughout the poem? A. President Thomas Jeffer…

The poem "O Captain, My Captain" is a long metaphor. In this metaphor, who is the "Captain" Whitman refers to throughout the poem? A. President Thomas Jeffer…
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The poem "O Captain, My

Captain" is a long metaphor.
In this metaphor, who is the
"Captain" Whitman refers to
throughout the poem?
A. President Thomas Jefferson
B. President George Washington
C. President Bill Clinton
D. President Abraham Lincoln

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The "Captain" referred to in the poem "O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman is President Abraham Lincoln. The poem was written as a tribute to Lincoln after his assassination in 1865.
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